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Zurich Citizens News, 1969-02-27, Page 8iXIMICIONSINIMAIMENIZEIRMOURnetwilIZEINSIMEZZISESESIIIRCEMEAESSEINI011ill PAGE EIGHT ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1969 Dominions TieTwo Games But Still Lose Series To Lambeth The Zurich Dominions tied the last two games of their best -of - five playoff series with Lambeth, but still lost the round, six points to two. The series was a best -of - five affair, and either team needed just six points to win. Last Wednesday night in Lam- beth, the Dominions blew an early 3-0 lead, saw Lambeth go ahead, and then came from behind twice to eke out a 5-5 tie. On Sunday in Zurich they played a real see- saw battle, but could only manage to come out with another tie, 6-6. Zurich 6—Lambeth 6 Before a crowd of close to 600 on Sunday afternoon, the Zurich crew gave the local fans plenty to cheer about as they led the game at three various stages. They took an early 1-0 lead in the first, then led 2-1 and 3-2 at dif- ferent times in the second period. Twice in the third and overtime period they trailed by one goal, but on both occasions Ron Corri- veau starred as he came back strong with the equalizer. Bill Taylor gave Zurich a 1-0 lead midway through the first peri- od, when he let go a blistering shot from the blue line. At the 14:15 mark Reg Thomas scored his first of four goals for Lambeth, while the locals were playing short-handed. Eight penalties were called in the first—five to Zurich and three to Lambeth. At the 4:18 mark of the second period, Rich Schilbe banged in a pass from Bruce Schoenhals, to give Zurich a 2-1 Iead. Midway through the period Terry Davis was given credit for scoring a fluke goal for the visitors, which went into the net off a Zurich player's skate. With just over a minute to go in the session, Butch Fleet scored on one of the nicest plays of the game, with assists going to Kevin McKinnon and Bill Stirling. Only four pelanties were called in the period, with three of them going to Lambeth. Early in the third period, Reg Thomas scored again far Lambeth to tie the score at 3-3, and then five minuters later the visitors took the lead for the first time, when Larry Little slipped one by Rick Jeffrey, in the Zurich nets. Minutes later Tommy Anderson scored for Zurich to tie the score at 44. One minute later Thomas registered again to give Lambeth a lead, but 30 seconds later Ron Corriveau roared right back for Zurich to tie the score at 5-5. The big blow for Zurich came in the overtime, when one of the referees, who is a resident of Lam- beth, called a real cheap penalty against Bob Moir. While he was off Thomas scored his fourth goal to give Lambeth a 6-5 lead. How- ever, owever, the locals were still not ready to quit and 13 seconds later Corri- veau came through with his sec- ond goal of the game to tie the score at 6-6. Even though the locals pulled their goalie with a minute Ieft to play, they just couldn't come up with the winning goal, which would have kept their playoff hopes alive. Rick Jeffrey in. the Zurich net kiaytu an v'.ittinumg game, and stopped numerous shots which could just as easy have been goals. If an individual star were to be picked in the game, he would have to be Ron Corriveau, who played his heart out throughout the en - in the game, saw Lambeth roar back with four straight goals, and then had to fight for their Jives to tie the score with less than two minutes to play in regulation time. Bill Taylor came through as the tire game. However, the entire team gave their best and went down trying. Coach Doug O'Brien said after the game, " was mighty proud of every one of the boys, they certainly gave their best. We'll be back next year with an- other junior team." Zurich 5 --Lambeth 5 Last Wednesday night in Lam- beth, Zurich took an early 3-0 lead hero in the overtime session, when he scored the tying marker with only 12 seconds left to play. Bill Stirling shot Zurich into a 1-0 lead at the 15:15 mark of the first period, and Butch Fleet and Paul Corriveau both scored in the second before the 13:08 mark. With just two minutes left to play in the middle stanza, Larry Little banged the puck by Gary Geoffrey in the Zurich net, for Lambeth's first goal. Lambeth came on strong mid- way through the third period and scored three goals in less than six minutes to take a 4-3 lead. Thomas scored twice and Grant Dufty ac- counted for the other. With less than three minutes to go in the game Ron Corriveau clicked on a play with Stirling and McKinnon to tie the score at 4-4. Midway through the overtime session, Bruce Mitchell scored what looked like the winning goal for Lambeth. Then with 12 seconds left in the session Bill Taylor picked up a loose puck in front of the Lambeth goal and fired it into the open earner of the net. Dashwood Finishes hi Top Position Of Zurich Rec League Regular league play in the Zur- ich Rec League came to an end last Thursday night, when the Dashwood Bears walloped Zurich Kings 16-4, and the Zurich Juven- iles edged Hensall 4-2. Tonight (Thursday) sees the first games of the playoffs get under way with the Zurich Kings meeting Dash- wood in one round and the Zurich Juveniles meeting Hensoll in the other series. Dashwood 16—Zurich Kings 4 Dashwood scored four goals in the first period, added four more in the second and then came up with their best effort in the third, when they banged in eight more. The 2urlch crew played with only six of their regulars, due to many of the players being tied up with a WOAA game in Blyth. Bob Hoffman led the Dashwood onslaught with four goals, while Stan Lovie, Pete Ravelle, Larry Lovie, Joe Regier and Bill Schade each scored twice. Jim Hoffman and Rene Boogeinans both scored once. The Kings scared three goals in the second period, and added their final marker in the third. Eric Smale flashed the red light twice, while Gord Hay and Ron Desjar- dine each scored once. Eight penaltieswere handed out in the game, with five of them going to Dashwood, Zurich Juveniles 4—Hensoll 2 The Juveniles and Hensoll play- ed through the first period of their game without any scoring, as goal - tenders Rick Jeffrey for Zurich and Harry Moir for Hensall turned aside many shots that were la. belled for sure goals. Bill Taylor put Hensall on the score sheet early in the second period, and three minutes ' later Murray Baker scored to give them a 2-0 lead. Midway through the session Rich Sehilbe registered for the Juveniles, Two goals by playing coach Don O'Brien early in the third gave the Juveniles •a 3-2 lead, and then with only only five minutes left to play Ron Desjardine scored an insurance marker, to give the locals a 4-2 victory. There was only one penalty called in the game, to Insall. Both teams were short-handed at the time, ,A total of 23 penalties were handed out in the game, with 11 going to Zurich and 12 to Lambeth. Series Notes In the Wednesday night game, Zurich was missing Bruce Schoen- hals, Kirk Lyndon, Mel Hohner and John McKinley. For Sunday's contest in Zurich they were still short Kirk Lyndon, Mel Rohner and Gary Geoffrey , Both Zur• ich goalies, Rick Jeffrey and Gary Geoffrey, came up with sensational play throughout the series . . Lambeth was at full strength for each game in the series, and this proved to be the big difference in the two teams . Reg Thomas, with his six goals in the last two games, proved to be the biggest stumbling block as far as the Do- minions were concerned ... Lam- beth goalie Barry Fuller made dozens of sensational saves in the four games played, andproved to be another thorn in the side for the locals . . Mel Hohner, who was injured in the first game of the series and underwent emerg- ency surgery in St. Joseph's Hos- pital, London, the same day, was expected to return home on Tues. day or Wednesday of this week. 0 4-flensall Midgets Upset Favoured Zurich Crew The highly -rated Zurich Midgets were eliminated from further play last Wednesday night when they lost the third game of their best - of -three series to a plucky Hensall crew, 3-2. Zurich had won the first game of the series played in Hensall, and then lost the next two games played on their home ice. The two teams played a score- less first period on Wednesday night, and kept up the pace well on into the second, before John McKinley shot the locals into a 1-0 lead at the 14:15 mark. Two minutes later Brad Pryde scored twice for Hensall, with only 45 seconds between the two goals. Rander Decker shot Zurich right back into a tie at 5:08 of the third period, but at the half -way mark Brian Campbell scored what turned out to be the winning goal. A major and a minor penalty to Zur- ich in the last five minutes of the game dimmed the spirits of the players, and they were unable to come up with the equalizer. Of the 12 penalties handed out in the game, eight went to Zurich and four to Hensel]. Hensall goalie Gary Clement suffered an unfortunate accident early in the game, when he was hit on the head with a hard shot. Although he managed to complete the contest, he collapsed about 15 minutes after the game was over and had to be rushed to South Huron Hospital, by Westlake Am- bulance. `The winners will now advance into the finals of the WOAA Midget D series. Hensall Novices Leading Blyth Six (by J. H. Lyndon) The Hensall Novices have in the past week -end games came up with two big wins over the Blyth team, thus giving Hensall a two -game lead over Blyth in the best -of -five series, for the WOAA Novice "E" championship. Hensel! 6—Blyth 1 In the first game Friday night, Jamie Caldwell, Steve Knight and Perry Mattson blinked the the red light for three goals in the first period. Blyth seemed to have trouble organizing an attack with much steam, although they did miss .on a couple of good oppor- tunities. The second period started off with another Ted light far Jamie Caldwell at 1:05 and the game seemed to slow down. At 9:15 Donald Carter, of Blyth, blinked the light and Blyth seen to take on new life. It seemed to be of no avail, at 15:05 Jamie now had his hat trick for the night. Third period, the Blyth team made every effort to get back in the game, but things just didn't work out. At 15:03 Jamie blinked the light again and the game ended. Garry Koehler assisted on three of the goals, while Paul Winsor, Danny Winsor and Steve Knight assisted on the other goals. Only one penalty was handed out, Ken Ritchie, of Blyth, for charging. Hensall 2—Blyth 1 On Sunday afternoon, the Hen- sall team journeyed to Blyth for their second game. The Blyth team were anxious to even the score after their defeat in Hensall. At the end of a tight first period, Ronnie Blunkett, of Blyth, had scored the only goal at 8:40. The second period started out to be much the same as the first. But Jamie Caldwell got a break- away and blinked the light at 11:22, unassisted. Just before the end of the period, Jamie scored again on a passing play from Steve Knight. The third period, both teams gave it everything they had, but neither team was able to change the score board. There were four penalties hand- ed out during the game. Hensall's two were picked up by John Char- rette for hooking and holding the puck. Blyth's penalties went to Terry Pierce for tripping and David Rodger for tripping. The third game is to be played in 'Hensall Friday night, at 7 p.m. Fourth game is in Blyth Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m., and if a fifth game is required, it will be played in Blyth, time to be announced. 0 Nouse League EF{ds Hawks Win Title The Hawks lost the final game of the regular schedule in the Zurich House League on Saturday morning, when they were edged 4-3 by the Canadiens. The loss was only the second of the season for the Hawks, who finished in first place. In the other Saturday morning contest the Bruins were trium- phant over the Leafs by a 4.0 score. Playoffs in the House League get under way this Sat- urday. Bill Bedard came up with three Zurich Flyers Finish Schedule; Play Here Sunday Afternoon in Playoff with Myth The Zurich Flyers came up with a win and a loss in their last two regularly scheduled games of the season, last week. On Thursday night they travelled to iBlyth, and came out on the short end of an 11-8 score, while on Friday night they played hosts to Ripley and thumped the northern crew 18-5. The playoffs begin this week, and last night (Wednesday) the FIyers played host to the Blyth Merchants in the first game of their best -of -seven series. Second game in the series is scheduled to be played on Friday night in Blyth, with the third game back in Zurich next Sunday afternoon. Game time on Sunday afternoon is 2 p.m. Blyth 11—Zurich 8 In Blyth on Thursday night, the Flyers waited until the third peri- od before they caught fire. Blyth led 43-1 at the end of the first, in- creased their lead to 9-1 by the end of the second, and then saw Zurich roar back with seven straight goals in the third. Zurich dressed only 10 players for the game. Jim Pfaff and Bob Carlile led the Zurich attack with two goals each, while Bob Johnston, Bob Merner, George Suplat and Pete Postill each flashed the red light once. big goals for the Canadiens to lead his team to their 4-3 victory. Ron Regier accounted for the extra goal. Wayne Clarke scored twice for the Hawks, while Kim McKinnon came up with the extra counter. The Canadiens led 2-1 at the end of the first period, and 3-2 at the end of the second. Early in the third the Hawks tied the score at 3-3 before Bedard scored his third goal with only three minutes left in the gaine. Pat Bedard was the big gun in the Bruins 4-0 victory over the Leafs, as he banged in all four goals. He scored two in the first. and then added one in the second and third. 1 For Blyth, Leo. Boyd was the big gun scoring four goals, while Don Aubin chipped in with the hat trick. Ken Lee scored twice while Jack Stewart and Robbie Henry each added single markers, Only three penalties were called in the game, with all of them go- ing to Zurich—one in each period. Zurich 16—Ripley 5 In Zurich on Friday night the Flyers let loose their biggest on-' slaught of the season when they walloped the Ripley crew 16-5. Earl Wagner and Bob Johnston, with four goals each, led the Zur- ich attack. The Flyers took a 5-0 lead in the first period, increased it to 9-1 by the end of the second, and then relaxed a bit in the third when they allowed Ripley to score four goals, while they banged in seven more. Along with the high scoring of Wagner and Johnston, Jim Pfaff and. George Suplat both accounted for two goals, while Pete Postill, Bob Merner, Dick Bedard and Ken Westlake each scored one, ecepti d one FOR MR. & MRS. 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